From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

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Madeleine Rotzler's new film, O Horizon, offers an odd vision of dystopia, even as it's billed as a "sci-fi comedy drama." The film itself is not always much to look at, but sometimes a film in its ...

I was sitting in my car when I got a phone call that was potentially worth more than half a million dollars. It was a real estate agent whose client was considering making an offer on my house. She ...